Antagonist

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Antagonists, or simply enemies, are the main villains and the opposite of the protagonist of the Grand Theft Auto games. The antagonist of a Grand Theft Auto game is usually a person that has betrayed or hurt the protagonist on a personal and social level, and spends the game moving against the protagonist in multiple ways. In this list the main antagonist is listed first for each game.

Description of most antagonists

In the GTA games, the main antagonist is sometimes introduced at the very beginning of the game (i.e. Frank Tenpenny), often as an ally or friend (Catalina, Sonny Forelli). Sometimes, the antagonist is the main reason that the protagonist visits the area that the game is set in (and the reason the game takes place; a perfect example of this is Darko Brevic). In most GTA games, the antagonist usually fakes a friendship or business relationship with the protagonist then eventually reveal their true intentions for the protagonist and betrays them later on, and becomes their main enemy (Lance Vance, Big Smoke, Dimitri Rascalov). This often occurs when he/she abruptly opens fire on the protagonist. The main character always hunts down and eliminates the main antagonist eventually, usually in a major battle at the end of the game.

There are both main and secondary antagonists of the game; the main antagonist is generally the one who causes the most drama to the game's story and ultimately commits the crimes that causes the most emotional anger in the protagonist. Secondary antagonists are characters who end up playing muchly the same role, but to a lesser degree. Often, the secondary and primary antagonists have some sort of affiliation with each other (Sonny Forelli and Lance Vance, Frank Tenpenny and Big Smoke, Devin Weston and Steve Haines)

Antagonists usually have a gang behind them for protection. The protagonist will battle the antagonist's group and sometimes take over their gang. In every GTA game, the main antagonist dies (in every case but one by the protagonist's hand) and is sometimes joined by the secondary antagonist at the end of the game in a final battle, which wraps up the main storyline.

List of prominent antagonists

Grand Theft Auto III

Catalina	Catalina is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto III. She is co-leader of the Colombian Cartel. She betrayed long time boyfriend Claude after robbing a bank in Liberty City. She later came to a deal with rival gang leader Salvatore Leone of the Leone Family to kill Claude and later sends hit squads after him. She kills Yakuza leader Asuka Kasen and her former right hand man Miguel and kidnaps Maria Latore, resulting in a final showdown, which ends with Claude destroying the helicopter she was in with a rocket launcher.
	Mission appearances: Introduction, Cutting the Grass, Grand Theft Aero, Kingdom Come, Ransom, The Exchange (killed)
Miguel	Miguel, the right hand man of the Colombian Cartel, betrayed Claude alongside Catalina during a bank robbery in Liberty City. He continues to work alongside Catalina until he is kidnapped by Yakuza leader Asuka Kasen who, believing the Cartel killed her brother Kenji, begins to torture him. Miguel reveals a number of the Cartel's operations to Asuka, with Claude acting against them, until he and Asuka are killed by Catalina in an attempt to stop Claude.
	Mission appearances: Introduction, Cutting the Grass, Grand Theft Aero, Bait, Espresso-2-Go!, S.A.M., Ransom (deceased during)
Salvatore Leone	Salvatore Leone, Don of the Leone Family, meets Claude when he drives made men Luigi Goterelli, Toni Cipriani and the Don's son Joey to his home for a meeting. He begins to hire Claude, including having him chaperone his hated wife Maria Latore. Maria later informs Salvatore that she is in a relationship with Claude, in an attempt to anger him, resulting in Salvatore attempting to kill Claude with a car bomb after coming to an agreement with rival gang leader Catalina of the Colombian Cartel. Maria informs Claude of the trap, who escapes to Staunton Island with Maria and Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen, later returning to Portland Island to kill Salvatore as he left Luigi's Sex Club 7 to prove his loyalties to the Leone Family were over.
	Mission appearances: Salvatore's Called A Meeting, Chaperone, Cutting the Grass, Bomb Da Base Act I, Last Requests, Sayonara Salvatore (killed)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Sonny Forelli	Sonny Forelli is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, He is the Don of the Forelli Family, first meeting Tommy Vercetti at some point before 1971 when he sent him to Harwood "to kill one man", which turned into an ambush. Tommy survived by killing eleven people but was later arrested and imprisoned, dubbed "the Harwood Butcher", and was released in 1986 when Forelli pulled strings for him. Forelli later sent Tommy, Harry and Lee to Vice City to start the family up in the drugs trade, although the deal is ambushed. Forelli later calls Tommy numerous times to remind him of his obligations to him and the family, before sending collectors to Tommy's businesses. After Tommy kills them, however, he is forced to go to meet Tommy, before revealing that he had an alliance with Lance Vance, although the two are killed during a shootout in Tommy's mansion.
	Mission appearances: Introduction, An Old Friend, Keep Your Friends Close... (killed)
Lance Vance	Lance Vance, co-leader of the Vance Crime Family, is a drug dealer who participated in a failed drugs deal with the Forelli Family, including Tommy Vercetti. After witnessing his brother's death he begins to work with Tommy to track down the man responsible. The two later discover it to be the city drug baron Ricardo Diaz and, after briefly working for them, they kill him and take control of his assets. Lance, however, later begins to feel neglected by Tommy and forms an alliance with Forelli Family Don Sonny Forelli, although the two are later killed by Tommy in his mansion.
	Mission appearances: Introduction, Back Alley Brawl, Guardian Angels, Phnom Penh '86, Supply & Demand, Death Row, Rub Out, Shakedown, Bar Brawl, Cop Land, Hit the Courier, Keep Your Friends Close... (killed)
Ricardo Diaz	Ricardo Diaz, the leader of Diaz' Gang and the drug baron of Vice City, uses his connections with Gonzalez to ambush the drug deal between the Forelli Family and the Vance Crime Family. Later, on the recommendation of friend Juan Cortez, he hires Tommy Vercetti and Lance Vance, the victims of the ambushed drug deal. The two work for Diaz to learn how to run his criminal empire, before killing him in his mansion.
	Mission appearances: The Party, Guardian Angels, The Chase, Phnom Penh '86, The Fastest Boat, Supply & Demand, Rub Out (killed)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Frank Tenpenny	Frank Tenpenny, is the main antagonist of GTA San Andreas. He is the leader of the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums division of the Los Santos Police Department alongside Eddie Pulaski and Jimmy Hernandez. He believes in setting the gangs of Los Santos against each other and helps the Ballas and Grove Street Families members Big Smoke and Ryder in their attempts to kill Sweet. He later takes Sweet's brother Carl to Angel Pine and follows him as he moves through San Andreas and interferes in his life in San Fierro and Las Venturas Carl later meets him one last time in Big Smoke's crack palace after killing Smoke, and later chases him around Los Santos, resulting in Tenpenny driving his firetruck off a bridge into Grove Street, where he dies.
	Mission appearances: In The Beginning, Running Dog, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Catalyst, Burning Desire, Gray Imports, The Green Sabre, Badlands, Body Harvest, Snail Trail, Misappropriation, High Noon, End of the Line (death)
Big Smoke	Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris was a high-ranking member of the Grove Street Families and a friend of Carl Johnson who, after Carl's return to Los Santos, hired him in various missions to help the Grove Street Families. Carl, however, is unaware of Smoke's involvement in the death of his mother (in an attempt to kill his brother Sweet), later discovering this with help from Varrios Los Aztecas leader Cesar Vialpando. Smoke later takes control of the Grove Street Families after Sweet is arrested, and later allies himself with the Ballas, Los Santos Vagos, the Russian Mafia and San Fierro Rifa. Carl, upon his return to Los Santos, takes control of the Grove Street Families again with Sweet and later confronts Smoke, killing him in his crack palace.
	Mission appearances: Big Smoke, Sweet & Kendl, Tagging Up Turf, Cleaning the Hood, Drive-Thru, Nines and AKs, Drive-By, OG Loc, Running Dog, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Just Business, Reuniting the Families, The Green Sabre, End of the Line (killed)
Ryder	Lance "Ryder" Wilson was a member of the Grove Street Families and a friend of Carl Johnson who, upon Carl's return to Los Santos, hired him to perform various missions to help the Grove Street Families. Carl, however, is unaware of Ryder 's involvement in the death of his mother (in an attempt to kill his brother Sweet), later discovering this with help from Varrios Los Aztecas leader Cesar Vialpando. Ryder later continues to work with Big Smoke and allies himself with the Ballas and the Loco Syndicate, their drug suppliers. He later meets Loco Syndicate member and San Fierro Rifa leader T-Bone Mendez on Pier 69, although Mendez is killed by Carl and Cesar, with Ryder being killed shortly after in a boat chase.
	Mission appearances: Sweet & Kendl, Ryder, Cleaning the Hood, Drive-Thru, Nines and AKs, Drive-By, Home Invasion, Catalyst, Robbing Uncle Sam, House Party, Reuniting the Families, The Green Sabre, Photo Opportunity, Pier 69 (killed)
Eddie Pulaski	Eddie Pulaski is a member of the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums division of the Los Santos Police Department and follows the instructions of the divisions leader Frank Tenpenny. He and Tenpenny help the Ballas and Grove Street Families members Big Smoke and Ryder in their attempt to kill leader Sweet. He, Tenpenny and Jimmy Hernandez later take Sweet's brother Carl to Angel Pine and follow him throughout San Andreas and interfering in his life. Carl later meets Pulaski after retrieving a document. Pulaski, left by Tenpenny to bury Hernandez and kill Carl, is later killed by Carl after Hernandez, who was not dead, attempted to subdue Pulaski but was killed, allowing Carl to escape being shot. Carl then chases him down, killing him.
	Mission appearances: In The Beginning, Running Dog, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Catalyst, Burning Desire, Gray Imports, The Green Sabre, Badlands, Snail Trail, Misappropriation, High Noon (killed)

Grand Theft Auto Advance

Vinnie	Vinnie is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto Advance. An old friend of Mike who had hired him in their attempt to escape the criminal underworld of Liberty City. The two continue to work together and for the Mafia (presumably the Leone Family) until Vinnie's 'death'. Mike then begins to work for various criminals throughout the city to discover the identity of Vinnie's killer but later discovers that Vinnie had faked his own death in order to escape with all the money they had collected. Mike, angry at Vinnie's betrayal and the murders of friends Jonnie and Colombian Cartel leader Cisco, kills him.
	Mission appearances: Jump Start, Dirty Laundry, Hot Wheels, Ill-Gotten, Payback, Fake IDs, Getaway, Truth Revealed (killed)
King Courtney	King Courtney, the leader of the Uptown Yardies gang, first meets Mike after Mike chases him down following the murder of friend Jonnie, believing Courtney to be the culprit. Courtney, however, convinces Mike that Cisco, the leader of the Colombian Cartel, was the man responsible and hires Mike to work against the Cartel and later to kill Cisco. Mike, however, decides to work for Cisco and later confronts Courtney again, winning a shootout. Mike, however, does not kill Courtney and later flees the city.
	Mission appearances: Race to Run, Latin Coffee, The Big Score, Fine Dining, Assault Joint (Defeated)

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Massimo Torini	Massimo Torini is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. A high-ranking member of the Sicilian Mafia in the "old country" led by Uncle Leone, Massimo flies to Liberty City to 'bring peace' between the Leone Family, Forelli Family and Sindacco Family. Torini, however, is sent with secret instructions to form alliances with the Liberty City Triads and the Diablos, helping them to take over territory on Portland Island, in order to weaken the criminal underworld in the city before men from the "old country" arrived to take control. Whilst the Sindacco Family are pushed out completely and the Forelli Family are severely weakened, the Leone Family and Don Salvatore Leone remain through the work of Toni Cipriani and, after Salvatore's trial collapses, Torini kidnaps the city Mayor Miles O'Donovan. Salvatore and Toni chase Torini around the city in a boat and later corner him at Portland Rock, killing him and rescuing O'Donovan.
	Mission appearances: Calm Before the Storm, The Sicilian Gambit (killed)
Paulie Sindacco	Paul "Paulie" Sindacco is an antagonist and the Don of the Sindacco Family in Liberty City. A relative (possibly son) of his (and late Sindacco member), Johnny Sindacco, died of shock-induced heart attack in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas after coming face-to-face with the man who previously did grievous harm to him. His nickname "The Invisible Don" stems from the fact that rarely outside the family sees him due to his being on the move between Liberty City and Las Venturas on a day-to-day basis. The Sindaccos funneled money from their casinos in Las Venturas to continue their conquest of Leone and Forelli families turf on Portland and Staunton Island. However Paulie's plan failed to take the territories when Toni Cipriani interfered. Paulie is finally killed when Toni shoots him down in his boat in an attempt to flee Liberty City.
	Mission appearances: Taking the Peace, Dead Reckoning (killed)
Vincenzo Cilli	Vincenzo Cilli was a high-ranking member of the Leone Family and an associate of Toni Cipriani who, upon Toni's return to Liberty City from hiding, employs him to do initially menial tasks. Vincenzo, however, later has Toni drive a Banshee full of drugs away from a police ambush, although Toni later destroys the car and ends his association with Vincenzo. Vincenzo, however, later calls Toni and convinces him to meet him in the hull of a freighter docked in Atlantic Quays, stating that Salvatore wants them to both "grow up". Toni, however, walks into an ambush but manages to kill Cilli's followers and Cilli.
	Mission appearances: Home Sweet Home, Slacker, Dealing Revenge, Snuff, Smash and Grab, Hot Wheels, and The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade (killed)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Jerry Martinez	Jerry Martinez is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. He was an army sergeant, who met Victor Vance in his office upon his arrival to Vice City, and persuaded him to become involved in the criminal underworld to earn more money to fund the asthma medication for his brother Pete. Martinez, however, quickly double crosses Victor and draws attention to drugs (which Vic was keeping on Martinez's orders) in Vic's possessions, also asking him to pick up a prostitute, resulting in him being discharged from the army by Sergeant Peppah. Martinez continues to taunt Victor and even attempts to have him killed. Victor conspires with his other brother Lance to steal Martinez' drug shipment, which later turns out to belong to Armando and Diego Mendez, resulting in Martinez entering police protection. He later decide to strike back and kidnapsLouise Cassidy-Williams, Victor's love interest, and savagely beats her. He later meets Victor once more at the top of the Mendez Compound in Downtown, Vice City. Martinez and Diego Mendez, however, are killed by Victor.
	Mission appearances: Soldier, Cleaning House, Conduct Unbecoming, Truck Stop, Marked Men, From Zero to Hero, The Mugshot Longshot, Where it Hurts Most, Last Stand (killed)
Diego Mendez	Diego Mendez, alongside his brother Armando, were the co-leaders of the Mendez Cartel and the drug barons of Vice City. They are first introduced to Victor and Lance Vance after the Vance brothers attempt to make peace by stating they had no involvement in their stolen drug shipment (despite doing so). The Mendez brothers threaten to kill the Vance brothers unless they work for them, which they agree to and do so until they are attacked and taken to Viceport, where they were to be killed. Victor and Lance, however, survive and Victor later meets Diego and Jerry Martinez on the roof of the Mendez Compound, killing both.
	Mission appearances: The Mugshot Longshot, Hostile Takeover, Unfriendly Competition, High Wire, Burning Bridges, Last Stand (killed)
Armando Mendez	Armando Mendez, alongside his brother Diego, were the co-leaders of the Mendez Cartel and the drug barons of Vice City. They are first introduced to Victor and Lance Vance after the Vance brothers attempt to make peace by stating they had no involvement in their stolen drug shipment (despite doing so). The Mendez brothers threaten to kill the Vance brothers unless they work for them, which they agree to and do so until they are attacked and taken to Viceport, where they were to be killed. Victor and Lance, however, survive and Victor later uses a Domestobot to destroy his bearer bonds before killing him after he kidnapped and fatally shot his love interest Louise Cassidy-Williams.
	Mission appearances: The Mugshot Longshot, Hostile Takeover, Unfriendly Competition, High Wire, Burning Bridges, Domo Arigato Domestoboto, Light My Pyre (killed)
Marty Jay Williams	Marty Jay Williams, the leader of the Trailer Park Mafia and husband of Louise Cassidy-Williams, was first introduced to Victor Vance on the recommendation of his brother-in-law Phil Cassidy. He hires Victor to help him expand and diversify his criminal empire. Marty, however, constantly shows contempt for his wife and his daughter Mary-Beth, with Louise eventually leaving him and moving in with her sister Mary-Jo. Louise returns to their trailer to get more of her belongings but is kidnapped by her husband, who planned on using her as a prostitute at his brothel in Little Havana. Victor, however, rescues Louise and kills Marty.
	Mission appearances: Shakedown, Fear the Repo, Waking Up the Neighbors, O, Brothel, Where Art Thou?, Got Protection?, D.I.V.O.R.C.E. (killed)

Grand Theft Auto IV

Dimitri Rascalov	Dimitri Rascalov is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV. Dimitri was a high-ranking member of the Russian Mafia and the right hand of man of one of its leaders, Mikhail Faustin. He meets Niko and Roman Bellic after they are kidnapped by Andrei on orders from Faustin after Niko killed Vladimir Glebov. Rascalov reluctantly watches as Niko works for Faustin, including killing Lenny Petrovic, son of other Russian Mob leader Kenny Petrovic. Rascalov makes a deal with Kenny and has Niko kill Faustin at his club before betraying Niko and siding with Ray Bulgarin, an old associate of Niko, who claimed that Niko betrayed him. Dimitri then had Roman's apartment and business burned down, and later had Roman kidnapped, although Niko rescued him. In the Deal storyline, Niko kills Dimitri on Happiness Island to avenge the death of his cousin Roman. In the Revenge storyline, Niko kills Dimitri on the Platypus for his betrayal.
	Mission appearances: Crime and Punishment, Do You Have Protection?, Final Destination, Rigged to Blow, The Master and the Molotov, Russian Revolution, A Revenger's Tragedy (killed, Deal), A Dish Served Cold (killed, Revenge)
Jimmy Pegorino	Jimmy Pegorino, the Don of the Pegorino Family, first meets Niko Bellic after he was recommended by Phil Bell, an associate of Pegorino's. He initially hires Niko to attend and watch over a meet with the Pavano Family, which turns out to be a Pavano ambush. Pegorino then sends Niko to kill a group of Pavanos after a car chase. Pegorino initially believes that Niko is an informant (even holding him at gunpoint) and has him kill both Anthony Corrado(an mole for the FIB), and later Ray Boccino (as a rat). Pegorino but later asks him to take part in a drug deal with Niko's arch enemy, Dimitri Rascalov. If Niko decides to go along with the deal, he witnesses Rascalov executing Pegorino, after a hitman sent by Rascalov to kill Niko accidentally killed Roman at his wedding. If Niko decides not to take part, Niko murders Rascalov and then Pegorino, after Pegorino killed Niko's love interest Kate McReary at Roman's wedding while attempting to kill Niko.
	Mission appearances: Pegorino's Pride, Payback, Flatline, Pest Control, One Last Thing, Mr. and Mrs. Bellic (Revenge), A Revenger's Tragedy (killed, Deal), Out of Commission (killed, Revenge)
Darko Brevic	Darko Brevic, originally from Yugoslavia, was an old friend and comrade of Niko Bellic during the Yugoslav Wars. During the war, however, he sold out the unit (including Niko, Florian Cravic, Goran, Dragan, Mijo and Dmitar) to their enemies for $1,000 to help feed his heroin addiction. He later fled to Bucharest, Romania. Niko Bellic, after moving to the city to find Florian Cravic, who he initially believed to be the traitor, although upon meeting him, they both realize that Darko was to blame. Niko soon receives help from his contact at United Liberty Paper and Gambetti Family Don Jon Gravelli in tracking down Brevic, who kidnap him and bring him to Liberty City, leaving him at Francis International Airport. After confronting Brevic, Niko has the option of killing him, with Niko realizing that he feels better for letting him live and suffer, or feeling 'empty' after killing a thankful Darko.
	Mission appearances: That Special Someone (can be killed)

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned

Billy Grey	William "Billy" Grey is the main antagonist of The Lost and Damned. Grey was the President of The Lost Brotherhood who met Johnny Klebitz at some point before his incarceration on a drug related felony, which allowed Johnny to become the gangs acting leader. He is released from a rehabilitation center and take control of the gang once more, escalating the violence between The Lost Brotherhood and the arch rivals the Angels of Death once again. Johnny and Jim Fitzgerald, however, begin to disagree with the way Billy runs the gang, which results in a deal being made between Billy and the Triads to return the heroin they stole from the Angels of Death to the Triads. The deal was designed to kill Johnny and Jimmy, who survived after the Triads turned against Grey and his friend Brian Jeremy. Billy is arrested again but agrees to turn states evidence against The Lost Brotherhood, resulting in Johnny and his remaining gang members breaking into the Alderney State Correctional Facility and kill Billy before he can enter the witness protection program.
	Mission appearances: Clean and Serene, Angels in America, It's War, Action/Reaction, This Shit's Cursed, Get Lost (Killed)
Ray Boccino	Ray Boccino, a capo of the Pegorino Family, meets Johnny at the recommendation of The Lost Brotherhood President Billy Grey. He asks Johnny and Niko Bellic to participate in a diamond deal with Isaac Roth and Mori Green of the Jewish Mob, although the deal is ambushed by Luis Fernando Lopez, allowing Johnny to steal the money. Boccino has Jim Fitzgerald kidnapped, although Johnny later rescues him, before he has Jim killed by Niko Bellic. Johnny planned on killing Boccino but was advised not to by congressman Thomas Stubbs III as he and the Pegorino Family are under surveillance. Boccino was later killed by Niko Bellic.
	Mission appearances: Action/Reaction, Bad Standing, Diamonds in the Rough, Collector's Item, Was It Worth It?
Brian Jeremy	Brian Jeremy, a high-ranking member of The Lost Brotherhood, met Johnny Klebitz at some point before 2008. Jeremy is a supporter of the gangs incarcerated President Billy Grey and, upon Grey's release from a rehabilitation center, he works with Billy in escalating violence against rival gang the Angels of Death. Jeremy and Grey later make a deal with the Triads to kill Johnny and Jim Fitzgerald, although the Triads betray Billy and Brian. He later argues with Johnny and forms his own sub-sect within the gang and later informs Ray Boccino of his location, believing Boccino to be on his side. Boccino, however, informs Johnny of his location and Johnny has the opportunity to kill him after attacking Jeremy's home. If Johnny spares Jeremy, he later meets him again on the streets of Liberty City, where he kills him, after Jeremy lead him into an ambush.
	Mission appearances: Clean and Serene, Angels in America, It's War, Action/Reaction, Buyer's Market, This Shit's Cursed, End of Chapter, Bad Standing (Can be killed), Random Encounter (Killed, if spared)

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Kenny Lee	Wu "Kenny" Lee is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. The leader of the Lee Family (a sub-sect of the Triads) and the owner of the Sum Yung Gai restaurant, Wu Lee is also the uncle of Huang Lee. Wu Lee hires his nephew in his attempts to impress Triad leader Hsin Jaoming in an attempt to be named his successor. Wu later obtains 'evidence' that rivals Zhou Ming and Chan Jaoming, Hsin's son, are the FIB informants that Hsin is looking for. Wu later kills the two but is discovered to be the FIB informant and Wonsu leader, but more importantly for Huang, the man who killed his father to obtain the Yu Jian Sword, which he planned to give to Hsin. Huang and Wade Heston, a corrupt police officer, chase down and kill him in Hsin's penthouse, discovering an injured Hsin in the process.
	Mission appearances: Yu Jian, Pursuit Farce, Under the Gun, Payback, The Wheelman, Tricks of the Triad, Natural Burn Killer, Recruitment Drive, Carpe Dime, Store Wars, Copter Carnage, Kenny Strikes Back, Missed the Boat?, By Myriads of Swords, Rat Race, Salt in the Wound (killed)
Zhou Ming	Zhou Ming, leader of the Ming Family (a sub-sect of the Triads), meets Huang Lee after contacting him by an e-mail to meet him for work, after presumably being impressed by his capability whilst working for his uncle Wu and Chan Jaoming. Zhou hires Huang in an attempt to increase his standing in the eyes of retiring Triad leader Hsin Jaoming, in an attempt to be named his successor. Wu Lee later obtains 'evidence' proving that Zhou and Chan were FIB informants, resulting in Zhou being killed.
	Mission appearances: Stealing the Show, Flatliner, Bomb Disposal, Driven to Destruction, Cash and Burn, Dragon Haul Z, The Fandom Menace, So Near, Yet Sonar, Hit from the Tong (killed)
Chan Jaoming	Chan Jaoming is the forty-one year old son of Hsin Jaoming. He is a member of his father's set of the Algonquin Triads, the Jaoming Family. Chan is one of three possible contenders (the other two being Wu Lee and Zhou Ming) to inherit his father's position. He is believed to be the underboss of the Jaoming Family and has a group of loyal supporters. Both him and Zhou were falsely accused of being the FBI informant who was ratting out the Triads (only to be revealed to be Kenny) and they were both killed by Huang on Hsin's orders.
	Mission appearances: Pimp His Ride, Whack the Racers, Jackin' Chan, Raw Deal, Sa-boat-age, Counterfeit Gangster, Slaying With Fire, Clear the Pier  (killed)

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Ray Bulgarin	Ray Bulgarin is the main antagonist of The Ballad of Gay Tony. Bulgarin was a mobster who immigrated to Liberty City and ran a smuggling operation in the country. He employed Niko Bellic, who smuggled people in Eastern Europe to Italy until one run in which the ship sank and Niko was forced to abandon ship. He blames Niko for the loss and sought to hunt him down. He came back to Liberty City and met up with his old friend Dimitri Rascalov, who coincidentally was working with Niko. Dimitri offered Niko to him but Niko fought off Dimitri's ambush with the help of Little Jacob, and Bulgarin escaped. At one point, he crossed paths with Luis Lopez and Gay Tony, and hired Luis to assist him in his missions, like acquiring a hockey team and infiltrating a police station. Discovering that The Cook, Luis and Gay Tony were part of the diamond deal, he beheaded the Cook and left Luis to find his head, before sending a team of assassins after him, though Luis killed them and escaped. He encountered Niko and Luis one last time and orders his men to attack them and leaves. Ray later had a sit down with Giovanni Ancelotti discussing about the diamond deal and wanted to flee the city. However, he was caught by Luis and was killed.
	Mission appearances: Boulevard Baby, Going Deep, Dropping In, In the Crosshairs, Ladies Half Price, Departure Time (Killed)
Rocco Pelosi	Rocco Pelosi is the secondary antagonist of The Ballad of Gay Tony. He is a prominent soldier and a brutal loan shark, working for the Italian-American Ancelotti crime family to whom Gay Tony is heavily indebted. Throughout the game, Rocco forces Tony and Luis to perform several dangerous tasks in order to pay off their debt, but by the end, the pressure from Don Giovanni Ancelotti on Rocco to get the money back from Tony and Luis is so great that Rocco tells Luis that the only way to end the debt is for Luis to kill Tony and keep the clubs so that the Ancelotti Family can co-run them. Luis initially agrees to this but at the moment of killing Tony, he changes his mind and instead shoots Rocco's uncle in the head, killing him. The only thing that saves Rocco is that he is a "made man", as Tony says. After Luis kills Ray Bulgarin, Don Ancelotti cancels their debt and Rocco flees the city (as his voicemail states, if called after Party's Over and before Departure Time) to Los Santos, fearing that Luis and Tony will come after him since the Ancelottis won't protect him anymore. In Los Santos, Rocco becomes a corrupt talent agent who forces notable actors to renegotiate their contracts and force the studios to buy them out. In GTA V, Rocco attempts his scheme on movie producer Solomon Richards who then sends former bank robber Michael De Santa to intimidate Rocco and get back the actor and director. Rocco and his friend Gianni then assault Richards for sending Michael, however Michael spots the two and they then flee with their car. A vengeful Richards then orders Michael to get the two "millenial asswipes". Michael chases Rocco and Gianni throughout the city and kills them.
	Mission appearances : I Luv LC, Practice Swing, Boulevard Baby, Frosting on the Cake, Party's Over
Timur	Timur is Ray Bulgarin's right hand man and the tertiary antagonist. When Luis begins working for Ray, Timur accompanies Luis with Ray on his first job and as a chopper pilot when he is tasked with raiding the MeTV building. In the last mission, Luis heads to Funland where Bulgarin's men were supervising a heroin shipment. He destroyed the heroin and killed the men, but soon after, Timur and more backup arrive, telling Luis that Bulgarin was at the airport ready to leave in his Blue Ghawar jet. He reveals that he was trying to turn Bulgarin against Luis, telling him he was too weak. Timur is killed and Luis makes his way to the airport, soon after kills Bulgarin.
	Mission appearances : Boulevard Baby, Going Deep, Dropping In, Departure Time (Killed)

Grand Theft Auto V

Devin Weston	Devin Weston is one of the two main antagonists of Grand Theft Auto V. He is a businessman and one of the richest men in whole Los Santos. He hires Michael, Trevor and Franklin to steal several vehicles for him before betraying them and refusing to pay. He also owns a share of the Merryweather company. After Michael accidentally leads to the death of Devin's lawyer Molly Schultz, Weston sends his men to kill Michael's family, but Michael manages to stop them. Weston orders Franklin to murder Michael, but the player has a choice to kidnap him as Trevor, before the three protagonists put Weston in a car and push it off a cliff, killing him.
	Mission appearances: By The Book, Blitz Play, I Fought The Law..., Eye In The Sky, Deep Inside, Legal Trouble, Meltdown, The Time's Come(Survives, Option B), The Third Way (Killed, Option C)
Steve Haines	Steve Haines is one of the two main antagonists of Grand Theft Auto V. He is a decorated FIB agent and the host of The Underbelly Of Paradise. He forces Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips and Franklin Clinton into aiding him in his rivaly with the IAA, but attempts to kill Michael and Trevor after the agency begins to suspect him, but fails as the meeting between him and Michael is ambushed by the IAA, Merryweather, and a rival FIB team. He orders Franklin to assassinate Trevor, but the player can choose to kill Haines as Trevor.
	Mission appearances: Three's Company, By The Book, Blitz Play, Paleto Score Setup, Monkey Business, Cleaning Out the Bureau, The Wrap Up, Lamar Down, The Third Way (Killed, Option C)
Wei Cheng	Wei Cheng is one of the two secondary antagonists of Grand Theft Auto V. He is the leader of the Los Santos Triads who seeks to expand his drug dealing business, which leads him to consider Trevor as a potential associate, but he turns down the partnership in favor of the O'Neil brothers due to Trevor's reckless behavior, leading Trevor to kill the O'Neils. Cheng sends his men to capture Trevor, but they capture Michael instead. trying to use him as a bait, which fails and Michael is saved by Franklin. At the end of the game, the player has a choice to kill Cheng as Franklin.
	Mission appearances: Bury the Hatchet, Pack Man, Fresh Meat, The Third Way (Killed, Option C)
Stretch	Harold Joseph, also known as Stretch, is one of the two secondary antagonists of Grand Theft Auto V. He is a senior member of the Chamberlain Gangsters Families, who slowly becomes associated with the rival Ballas. He sets traps for Lamar Davis, including having him kidnapped by the Ballas, although Lamar is later saved by Franklin. At the end of the game, the player is given a choice to kill him as Michael.
	Mission appearances: The Long Stretch, Hood Safari, I Fought The Law, Lamar Down, The Third Way (Killed, Option C)

Trivia

• Though they are antagonists, Ray Boccino, Jimmy Pegorino and Devin Weston are betrayed by the protagonist instead of the other way around.
• Ryder, Rocco Pelosi and Miguel are the only antagonists that didn't directly attempt to kill the player.